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Young Ambassadors Conference 2017

This year’s Young Ambassadors for Mid Yell Junior High

School, Kieran Johnson (S3) and Calum Graham (S2) at-

tended a conference in Aberdeen on the 15th of September.

This included 2 workshops of getting to know what all the

Young Ambassadors are taking on, and getting to know other

Young Ambassadors from around Shetland, and the north of

Scotland area. Both Kieran and Calum learned a lot and they

took back a heap of stuff to make the school better in mak-

ing sport a better thing in our school. A thing that Kieran and

Calum decided to bring back was to have a Teacher’s House

Team for our school and to maybe have another Teachers VS

pupils event that could last around about a term. Both Kieran

and Calum enjoyed this event and they can’t thank Mr Hall

Lower Primary had great fun on ‘International Talk

Like a Pirate Day’ - Ooh Aaargh! Shiver-Me-Timbers!

On Tuesday 12th Sept, we had a visit from the music

group “The Neon Effect”. The 3 musicians led the Sec-

ondary 1-3 pupils through a workshop in the morning

followed by a short concert to the primary pupils after-

wards. The musicians have come over to Shetland all the

way from Australia as part of an exchange programme.

A great morning had by all and a big thanks to the musi-

cians for squeezing us in on their busy schedule.

Senior Phase Attainment & Learning Journeys

The Senior Phase is a planned three year (S4-6) individual-

ised learning journey. During their Senior Phase pupils work

on developing their skills and knowledge so that they can

attain a set of qualifications that will help them secure their

next steps eg further education or employment. The main

focus of their Senior Phase is their attainment at the end of

their Senior Phase, known as their exit qualifications.

Congratulations go out to our S4 leavers on their SQA exam

results. They all made an excellent start to their personal

Senior Phase learning journey.

Their achievements include:

Literacy: National 5 - 100%

Numeracy: National 5 – 75%, National 4 – 100%

Over 87% achieved 6 or more National 5s (A-C).

ROAD SAFETY OFFICERS

Every year we have JRSOs (Junior Road Safety Offi-

cers) to represent our school. The new JRSOs are

Josie Smith, Lori-Ann Thomson, Harrison Nisbet, Tea-

gan Johnson, Laila Findlay and Arrietty Marriot. It is

always primary 6 that are the JRSOs every year.

The JRSOs make displays of how to keep safe when

you are on the road and they go down to Lerwick and

perform a play for the judges.

The JRSOs sometimes have competitions for the pri-

mary. This year they had the primary to color in bike

helmets.

So I hope that the JRSOs of 2017 have a great time!

By Josie Smith, 10

Excellent quality work from Nat5 Hospitality Practical

Cookery pupils - Christina, Luis and Kyle.

Broccoli and spinach quiche made by S4 Nat5 pupils for primary

snack. The broccoli and spinach were grown in the yard by pupils.

DOGS AGAINST DRUGS VISIT

On Tuesday 29th August, Ewan from Dogs against Drugs

brought along all 5 of his Dogs to thank Conrad Inkster, Luis

Strachan and Charlotte Pugh for their kind donation of £3000

to the Dogs against Drugs Shetland charity which they

achieved through the YPI programme.

The YPI programme (Youth and Philanthropy Initiative) is an

international initiative designed to support young people in

developing community awareness. Students are taught about

philanthropy and charity through an experience of giving that

highlights the positive impact they can have on their commu-

nity. Students work in teams to research the needs of their

community and identify a local charity they believe is best

placed to make a positive change. They then learn how to assess

the charity’s management, strategy, staffing arrangements and

services.

Students use their research to make presentations on the

reasons that their chosen charity is most deserving of support.

The team judged to have made the most compelling presenta-

tion are be given a £3000 YPI Grant to award to their charity.

This is where Conrad, Luis and Charlotte were successful al-

though they were up against some other great presentations.

Conrad, Luis and Charlotte shared their presentation with Ewan

who was very impressed. They were then invited to meet all 5

dogs (one at a time) and were amazed at how well trained they

are.

We would like to thank Ewan for taking the time to come along

to see the YPI students, the visit was very much appreciated. THE SUMDOG CHALLENGE

The Sumdog competition is very challenging we have to do

1000 questions by doing games like snowball . And sumdog is a

game for anyone so if you want to play sumdog just go on line

and type in sumdog.

By Sam, p3

When I was doing the sumdog competition at the start one day I

did 205 questions. All sumdog is about is doing competitions and

maths sums that is all sumdog is about.

By Adam, p3

On Friday the sumdog challenge began. Everyone got an i-pad and

off like rockets. Kaylan and Max were head to head for right

questions. Max was in front Kaylan took over. They both answered

1000 maths questions in the contest. Kaylan has managed to get

951 of his 1000 questions right. By Kaylan Brown p4

BUDDIES 2017

The buddy system is if your in primary seven you get to be a buddy to the new primary ones. The primary ones are

Bobby Smith, Jake Odie and Lewis Tulloch. Bobby's buddies are Joe Petrie and Yann Mouat. Jake's buddies are Travis

Duncan and Isla Smith and Lewis's buddies are Fox McNab and Georgie Hodgson.

You have to help them at snack and at lunch time and make sure they eat up all their food or at least most of it. We

usually play with them at play time and they love it. They all love to run, especially Lewis! He's always running and you

can't keep up with him. Joe Petrie says, "it’s a good experience and its exciting, and the P1's are really nice."

Isla Smith

Primary 7

YELL SHOW DAY 2017

At school we have been getting ready for the

show. We have been busy for the show . We have

been harvesting vegetable and sewing toys and

cross stitching and flower arranging and baking

sweeties and painting.

Before the yell show the MYJHS harvested

vegetables. We scrubbed the tatties and we took

the pumpkins to the yell show. And we pick the

neeps. I had fun.

BY Callum p3.

We have been putting sewing-toys, cross-stitch,

flower arranging vegetables and bake sweeties and

painting for the Yell show. It’s so fun at the Yell

show, but it is hard doing the animals because my

pony always put her head down to get grass when I

lead her.

By Bailey P4

The Yell Show

We harvest tatties and mushrooms and brocoli

and we made mint sweeties

But poly-tunnel was very hot it was fun.

BY Hansen p2

The Yell Show.

At the yell show I saw Cookie and l SAW

TOOW 2 YELOW SHEEP

I SAW cows AND I saw JOOE

Marah Mann p2

YELL SHOW 1.9.17 On Friday we were getting ready for the Yell

show. I made peppermint sweets and I made sock

toys. I helped with the vegetables.

BY FREYA

We made peppermint sweeties we tried our best.

it is very easy to make .peppermint sweeties it

was so fun. it was so yummy. I want it again.

By Max p3

The yell show

I was doing cross – stitch it was fun and it was all

different purples and violets and I LOVED it

even through it took me a long time I still en-

joyed it entered it into the Yell Show.

Schools Netball & Football Tournament Report

On the 4th of September pupils from the Unst and Yell secondary departments went down to Lerwick to play in Netball and

Football tournament as “North Isles”.

The netball team was made up of lasses from both Yell and Unst. All the girls were very keen to play and worked very well

as a team despite never having trained together.

Their first game was against Ness. It was a very close game that started off very well. The teams didn’t take long to get

into a good stride and kept the ball in end to end play. Despite great efforts by North Isles Ness managed to edge ahead

and won by just 1 point!

As the afternoon continued, the North Isles continued to improve becoming more confident as a team.

Good defending from Margo Mouat and Kirsty Graham helped create a closer game between North Isles and Whalsay how-

ever Whalsay still managed to come out on top.

After some more fast paced games against Aith and Anderson A, North Isles came to their final two games which were

both highlights of the day.

Consistent shooting from Carly Smith helped secure North Isles a draw against Anderson B which the girls felt was a good

achievement.

In their final match of the day against Brae, North Isles played a very strong game with Christina Anderson (as WA)

working with Rona Brookes (WD) to keep the ball in North Isles’ circle. The team ended their day with a fantastic win

against Brae and a brilliant score of 19-8.

Well done to all the players from North Isles who took part in the day and we hope we will continue to see the same high

standard of netball over the coming years!

The poor weather meant there was a change of plan for the football tournament. Instead of the usual 11 aside outdoor

competition, we split our team in to two 6 aside teams and played an A team and a B team tournament.

The A team played really well, winning games against Whalsay, Brae and Aith, drawing with Sandwick and losing to AHS.

After a great run of games the team went in to the lunch break confident of making the 1st and 2nd place final. However

Sandwick had recorded the exact same results, making the final on goal difference by 2 goals! So the North Isles team

had to settle for the 3rd and 4th place playoff against Brae.

The game started at a frantic pace, and the North Isles team was well organised by captain Alfie Lawson. John Johnson

was kept relatively quiet as the North Isles team controlled possession. However, with the last kick of the game, a Brae

defender strode forward and unleashed a left foot thunder strike in to the top corner, giving Johnson no chance. The

game finished 1-0 to Brae and North Isles were disappointed to finish 4th. However the players should be proud of how

well they competed, and how close they came to the final.

The B team almost identically mirrored their A team counterparts, finishing the group in 3rd place, missing out on the 1st

and 2nd place final by 2 points. This meant a 3rd and 4th place playoff against Brae. This proved to be another tough game,

but James Smith in goals and James Anderson and Luis Strachan kept the score at 0-0. With time running out on the

clock, Ben Lawson scored to give North Isles a 1-0! The players shoud be congratulated for their determination and team-

work, and did well to finish 3rd.

By Freya Hannay S4

Boys Football Team (James Anderson missing)

STEM VISIT

On Wednesday and Thursday the 13th and 14th of September upper primary and some secondary had a visit from STEM

(Scientific Technology Engineering Mathematics). Upper primary did who can make the best wind turbine in vaults and

the secondary's were playing with the robots that they brought. We learned about the generator and how much elec-

tricity it produces and we needed to make it high for more energy.

Upper primary had thirty minutes to build the turbine and get the most vaults but the secondary's got to play with the

robots.

We learned about the generator and how it moves and the electricity and Learned to make it tall for more wind and to

make it stable. For the first day with Emma Chittick (The STEM woman) the winners were Felicity Wolff, Georgie Hodg-

son!!!!! and Laila Findlay

On the next day we talked about wind then did a solar task. Again we had thirty minutes to build a solar panel and to

make it generate light from a school light and the day light. And the winners were Felicity Wolff, Georgie Hodgson, Inigo

Marriot, Kieran Willis, Carrie Petrie, Travis Duncan and Isla Smith.

Then after all that the primary 7's from all around Yell (Mid Yell, Cullivoe, Burravoe) got to play with the robots.

We enjoyed it so much Emma said she will visit again soon and we're all so excited to see her again.

By Felicity Wolff, 11

THE NEW PUPIL COUNCIL

Every year the pupils vote to elect new Pupil Council representa-

tives to help make the school a better place. We have meetings

to discuss what the pupils asked the Pupil Council and we try to

bring the ideas forward.

The representatives this year for primary are Joe Petrie, Isla

Smith, Josie Smith, Teagan Johnson, Mac Fraser, Carrie Petrie,

Lisa Thomson, Adam Leslie, Ava Nicol and Bobby Smith. These

are our representatives for this 2017/2018.

The pupil council always makes a difference every year. The

school is very grateful for all the things that they have

done. Good luck!!

By Josie Smith Age 10 primary 6

their profile and their

evidence as we will no

longer send a printed

copy home .

Quick Reminders

The school officially opens for pupils at 8.30 am (or when

the West bus arrives whichever is earliest), before this time

there may be no supervision.

We strive to help every pupil develop as a responsible citi-

zen, ie respecting others and being committed to participate

responsibly in the social and cultural life of the school. We

therefore expect that:

when pupils feel ill they should contact the school office

rather than phoning home so that we can assess the situa-

tion and deal with it appropriately.

anti-social behaviour is reported to the school immedi-

ately either by phone 01595 745050 or email mid-

yell@shetland.gov.uk to allow us to investigate and action

our discipline procedure.

Creating a respectful ethos is a responsibility of all, ie pupils,

staff, parents and community. Help us manage our pupils’

behaviour (wherever they are) so we can create an ethos

where children learn in a safe, supportive environment in a

climate of mutual respect.

Pupil Profiles

Secondary pupil profiles are now being recorded on

OneNote. OneNote allows pupils to use their iPads to

record: reflections on their learning, the level they

are working at, together with the evidence eg photo

of the work or copy of the file. Please ask to see

CHRISTMAS SHOPPING NIGHT

The Christmas Shopping Night will be held on Thurs-

day 16th November. Lots of stalls so come along to

buy your Christmas gifts and support the school.

There will be:

Silver Republic Body Shop

Enjo Arbonne Glansin Glass

Acti Labs Usborne Books

And many more